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AXIS DRIVEN TO LIBYAN BORDER: GERMANS FEAR ROMMEL CAPTURE

A Weekly Sizeup by the Washington Staff of the Scripps-Howard Newspapers

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.—Importance of Egyptian battle can’t be over-estimated. Egypt-based offensive into Europe turned tide of war in 1918, was followed quickly by German collapse. * Once united nations establish control of Mediterranean, the distance to Germany is shorter through northern Italy and Austria than it was last time through Turkey and Balkans. But Mediter- ' ranean can’t be won overnight. It's as far from Gibraltar to Alex-

andria as from San Francisco to Honolulu. Vichy France may have to be whipped first in northwestern Africa, as well as axis in Libya. #® » 2 un 2 ” Army air forces may get a new chief. Don't expect it next week; ft may not brcak for three months. But a new assignment is coming up for Lieut. Gen, (Hap) Arnold, insiders say. 2 8 =» # 8 8

LOOK FOR HENRY KAISER to bob up in synthetic-rubber pleture. - He's got things organized for construction of his giant cargo planes, is looking for new fields to conquer. Plans are already drawn, " waiting approval, for Kaiser butadiene and styrene plants. He'll utilize by-products from his Fontana steel plant and blast furnace, plus alcohol from California wine distilleries.

NOTE: Army, navy, other branches of government are no longer _cold-shouldering “the can-do man.” They've put him to work; he’s building half a dozen things you haven't heard of. » 2 =» = 2 2

The Fight for Food Control

THREE-CORNERED fight for control of proposed food administration—among Wickard, Nelson, Henderson—may end with authority going to Jimmy Byrnes. If so, he'll draft Marvin Jones from court of claims to take charge for him. Jones was popular New Deal chairman of house agriculture committee before going on the bench. Choice would be popular with lawmakers who don't like either Henderson or the Nelson choice—Lee Marshall of Continental Baking Corp. ; 2 2 ” t J ” » There's trouble—probably defeat—ahead for Roosevelt's plea for broad power to change tariffs on imports from Canada. Senate Republican Leader McNary is against it. Even Finance Chairman George, who introduced the bill, said he only did it “on request.” The house, even less enthusiastic about it, will insist the measure must originate there, since it involves tariff and revenue. 82 2 2 2 = * HAVE UNITED NATIONS finally decided what kind of war we'll fight, what weapons we’ll need for it? Businessmen believe new controlled materials plans is tipoff that they have. It forces armed services and maritime commission to schedule all materials they, their contractors and subcontractors will need, far in advance. Up to now such schedules as had been made were out of date before they could be used. Excuse given by armynavy was that designs were changing so fast they couldn't tell in advance how many bars, sheets, plates, forgings, bolts, nuts, cotter pins, they’d need. STILL TO BE SEEN: Whether services can learn fast enough the difficult technique of drawing bill of materials. ) 2 2 =n 2 2 =

Fourth Term to the Fore

YOU'LL BE hearing more about a fourth term from now on. Desperate Democrats feel it’s their only chance for 1844. But it won't rouse much enthusiasm on capitol hill. Some Democratic congressmen think the boss let them down in the late campaign by (1) encouraging the popular distrust of congress, and (2) putting them on spot with controversial legislation, such as teen-age draft. 2 8 =» 2 8 = Conservative Democrats caused Senator Norris’ defeat, Washington hears. They kept Democratic candidate Foster May in the Nebraska race despite strong administration efforts to get him to withdraw. Democratic obstructionists wanted to tighten control on party mat chinery; had their eye on next election rather than this one. » 2 » ” ” 2 LOOK FOR THESE ELECTION AFTERMATHS: House Republicans will demand (and get) larger representation on eommittees. This means, fewer administration measures will get to thie floor for a vote; more will be buried or rewritten by bipartisan antiRoosevelt coalitions. " —Price Administrator Henderson will have harder time than ever getting appropriations; many Democrats blame him for their losses in Midwest farm sections. National youth administration is almost sure to be a casualty: WPA may go with it. At any rate there'll be deep cuts in their next appropriations. NOTE: Businessmen are not so jubilant as you might think over election returns. Some of the Democrats who fell by the wayside were their own ng; Harter of Ohio, for instance.

2 » 2 ANOTHER POST-ELECTION POSSIBILITY: That Dewey will name a special district attorney to reopen the paving-block case against

Democratic Chairman Ed Flynn. There’ll be no escape via the diplomatic service for Flynn. Senate wouldn’t confirm his nomination if it ‘was sent up, according to present

indications. 2 ” » : ” ” ”

Senate finance committee has Its ax out for the $25,000 salary (Continued on Page Two)

'Little Gus' Is Putting on Weight and Will Survive

When he was born, “little Gus” $ad two and a half strikes against

him. But he’s living in an incubator at

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It was two weeks before nurses lifted the tot from the incubator to weigh him. They found he tipped the scales at one pound, 14 ounces. Now, alittle more than a month

AS SUCCESSOR T0 JOE MARTIN

GOP National ‘Mentions’ Hoosier as Resignation Nears.

Indiana’s Republican state chairian—Ralph Gates of Columbia

City—was suggested today by Rep.

| Joseph W. Martin Jr. as one. of his | possible successors to the national

chairmanship of the party. Rep. Martin announced that he will submit his resignation as head of the G. O. P. national committee at the committee’s next session in St. Louis Dec. 7. He said he wanted to quit as national committee chairman in order to devote his full time to his duties as a member of the house of representatives from Massachusetts.

Others Are Mentioned

Besides Mr. Gates, he suggested as possibilities for the national

.Bt. Vincent's hospital, and doing 4 nicely. . _ “Little Gus” is a tiny baby, so small that even now—a month after pirth—he weights just two ounces more than two pounds. He’s one of the very few such babies to survive. It was Oct. 6 when Mrs. Howard E. Peyton, the wife of a farm hand near North Salem, Ind., was. rushed to St. Vincent's hospital. She gave birth to “little Gus” three months prematurely. Weighing somewhere around a pound and three quarters at birth, he was so small that he was put

: jmneioiely into an incubator

after birth, he .weighs two pounds, two ounces. “Little Gus” is the pride of the hospital. He gets close attention 24 hours a day from the nurses there who feed him a total of six ounces of milk every 24 hours. They use a medicine dropper to slip some of the six ounces of milk into his mouth every three hours. Between feedings, he is given tiny quantities of water, also with a medicine dropper. « Mrs. Peyton has returned to her farm home and her three other children. If everything continues as 3 well as it has with “little. Gus’ Twi

chairmanship Harrison Spangler, Iowa naticnal committeeman; Werner Schroeder of Chicago; Kenneth Bradley of Connecticut; New Jersey State Chairman Alexander Smith; Barak Mattingly, Missouri national committeeman, and Frank Gannett, newspaper publisher. Mr. Gates left his home in Columbia City last night for New York and could not be reached for comment, but at state headquarters it was said that Mr. Martin's suggestion would probably -be.a “com-~ plete surprise to Mr, Gates.” Indiana Republicans elected nine of the 11 members of the house and barely missed electing a 10th— Howard Meyer of Indianapolis who lost to the veteran, Rep. Louis Ludlow, by a few hundred votes.

He Tried It Before

Mr. Martin, who has tried to resign before, said this time it was definite and that it would be accepted, adding that “the party has been revitalized and it is a good time to make a change.” Mr. Martin expressed confidence that the Republican gains in Tuesday’s election “will have a beneficial effect on winning the war.” He said the increased Republican representation in the house would mean heavier responsibilities for him and that he wanted to devote all his efforts to his legislative duties. The election, he said, “served notice on those in power that they have got to get down to business.” Mr. Martin said he was inclined (Continued on Page Two) essere aman

8000 AT DETROIT ON WORK ‘HOLIDAY’

Mechanical Unit Protests

UAW Interference.

DETROIT, Nov. 7 (U. P.).—A work “holiday” called by the Mechanics Educational Society of America halted war production in three large plants and 11 smaller factories in the Detroit area today. The walkouts, which made more than 8000 idle, was called by the society in protest against alleged interference with the wunion’s organization activities by the United Automobile Workers. . Matthew Smith, president of the MESA and of the recently organized Confederated Unions of America, threatened to call out 6000 additional Detroit workers and 30,000 MESA members at Toledo and Cleveland until the war labor board “came to its senses.” “We're going to see if there is any law and order in this town,” Smith declared. “We want to find out if a man can join the labor organization of his own choosing.” The three large plants closed by the so-called “holiday” were NashKelvinator Corp., Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co., and the Michigan Tool Co.

BOSTON, Nov. 7 (U. P.).—R. J. Thomas, president of the United Automobile Workers (C. I. O.), said today that the strike of Detroit war workers called by Matthew Smith “is ‘a further indication of his irresponsibility both toward the war effort and foward -his own membership.”

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GATES TALKED

Chairman |

‘The Enemy

In this photo, flashed by radio from Cairo to New York today,

Is Smashed’

ALLIES PRESS FORWARD

INPULVERIZING ATTACKS |

10 SWEEP EGYPT CLEAN

RAF POUNDS GENOA AGAIN IN NIGHT RAID

Rome Admits Damage to Africa Supply Port; 20 Citizens Killed.

LONDON, Nov. 7 (U. P). — A

Lieut. Gen. Bernard L. Montgomery, commander of the British 8th army, is shown watching from the turret of an American-built tank, as Rommel’s once-powerful Afrika Korps retreated to the west, in Egypt. Gen. Montgomery said, “I never expected such a complete victory. » » « The enemy is completely smashed.”

Report U.S. Troopsin Convoy

Steaming From Gibraltar

- LONDON, Nov. 7 (U. P.).—AXxis

and British troop transports were among a great convoy reported to

have steanied out” of “Gibraltar “into”

Dispatehes from La Linea, Spain, said the convoy was led by a batincluding the battleship Rodney, the carrier Argus, 26 de-

tle fleet, stroyers and several corvettes. A Radio Berlin broaadcast said today that the Rodney:left Gibraltar under an umbrella of fighter planes. It was escorting both American and British troop carriers, the broadcast said. Spanish and Axis reports emphasized more and more that a development of importance was occurring at Gibraltar. Reports said 125 ships, including three carriers, seven cruisers and 34 destroyers had been concentrated at the Rock. Radio Paris said royal air force reinforcements arrived at the fortress yesterday. A La Linea dispatch said 26 planes, including six American flying fortresses, flew in from the direction of the Atlantic yesterday afternoon and then took off towards the Mediterranean.

Confiscate Barges

A dispatch from the official Spanish news agency said Gibraltar authorities had confiscated all barges, lighters, dredges and scows and ordered them prepared for immediate use. It implied that they would be used for transporting troops, saying disembarkation exercises were being held on the beach at Gibraltar. A Stockholm dispatch asserted that vast quantities of tanks and planes were stored at Gibraltar “and it is believed they are intended

"| for the opening of a second front

with Gibraltar as a. base.” Axis radios emphasized that Casablanca, the chief port of French Morocco, was in immediate danger, and suggested that the allies were planning to attack Dakar, the great French West African base. The Italian radio suggested that the - allies planned to clear out northern Africa in order to invade Europe through Italy. Spanish dispatches inferred. that the battle fleet was convoying fresh effectives to Egypt for action in the present battle.

LA GUARDIA HONORS RUSS

NEW YORK, Nov. 7 (U. P).— Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia has designated tomorrow “Stalingrad Day” in honor of the “heroic people of Russia,” who are celebrating the founding of the Soviet.

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dispatches said today that American

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HINT U, S. TO JOIN IN SAHARA MARCH

Turkish Press Hails British

Victory Over Rommel.

ANKARA, Turkey, Nov. 7 (U.P.). —Turkish newspapers and other informed quarters ‘here speculated today on the possibility of an advance northward across the Sahara desert by allied forces, including United States units, from the Lake Chad region of French equatorial Africa, to smash Marshal Erwin Rommel's fleeing Africa Korps from the rear. An editorial in the semi-official newspaper Ulus expressed the view that such a flanking blow now is “a strong possibility” and added: “Once allied forces are established in. North Africa . their first aim would be to transfer the front to the opposite side of the Mediterranean. An allied Africa may have serious effects on the Italian-con-

nent.” All Turkish newspapers, including even those reputed to favor the axis, * enthusiastically hailed the

British eighth army’s smashing vic-|

tory in North Africa. One neutral. military observer, who has spent most .of the war. in axis-controlled territory, expressed the belief that the German high command’s aim now will be to hold a defensive front in Egypt and simultaneously to push down through the Caucasus to Iran and the Middle East, thereby creating an “impregnable European fortress.”

TRAFFIC AT HOCKEY

GAMES TO BE EASED [2

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Hockey fans who traffic snarls after the hockey game

strong royal scored “a smashing success” with another night bombing of Genoa, Korks, the air ministry reported today. Pilots who participated in the attack said it was fully the equal of the shattering raids of Oct. 22 and 23 which heavily damaged the city

and particularly its port facilities.

"The Rome radio was heard here! confirming the British accounts. The Italians admitted , their city

suffered. “notable. damage”.and that |. 20 persons were killed and 50

‘injured. |

. Chief Embarkation Port

The raid was said to have been | “concentrated and successful.” Only | two of the force of heavy bombers! that made the 1500-mile round- -trip | i flight across the Alps, failed to re-| turn. It was the first time the big! RAF planes had been cut on a night mission since Oct. 24, when they wound up a series of four raids in three days on northern Italy’s industrial triangle. Genoa, the chief port of embarkation for axis reinforcements bound for Tripoli and North Africa, (Continued on Page Two) ” 2 tJ

On the War Fronts

(Nov. 7, 1942)

CAIRO—Afrika Korps driven back to Libyan border; British take 20,000 prisoners with 75,000 more Italians about ready to give up.

LONDON—R. A. F. pounds Genoa, supply port for axis armies in Africa; speculation centers on big allied fleet concentration at Gibraltar, with axis worrying that attack on northwest Africa may be imminent.

MOSCOW—Russia celebrates 25th anniversary. of revolution; Josef Stalin promises counter-offensive; attacks at Stalingrad and Nalchik beaten off.

GEN. MacARTHUR’S HEADQUARTERS—Japanese stiffen at Oivi; allied bombers attack Timor.

NEW DELHI—American planes smash Japaisse-nold docks at

air force formation!

supply port for the battered Afrika!

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were assured today of more speedy exit after tomorrow night's tilt. Police Chief Morrissey, who has been making. a personal study of the traffic conditions which have resulted from a shortage of manpower, said that he would assign all men possible on E. 38th st. and other arteries in and around the fairgrounds. ' His plan, he said, would divert the

traffic into other thoroughfares, §

taking the burden off the already

BLOWING SELF OUT

HAVANA, Nov. 7 (U. P). — A tropical storm, which had swerved away from Florida, was blowing itself out today after sweeping across Cuba. Reports from the northern prov- : inces, where it first struck, indi-

|cated that wirds were of far less| than hurricane intensity (75 miles S that ;

175,000 Abandoned Italians to Give Up When

British Find Time to Rake Them In;

Hellfire Pass New Focus Point.

By LEON KAY United Press Staff Correspondent

CAIRO, Nov. 7.—The imperial eighth army has driven, Marshal Erwin Rommel’s battered main forces back to the western edge of Egypt and is piling them up at the Egyptian Libyan frontier, reports from the westward driving allies said today. Already 20,000 prisoners have been counted in British

hands and upwards of 75,000 Italian troops were cut off, virtually out of food, water and ammunition and about ready

to surrender. The axis desert army definitely has been cut to ribions,

Reports from the battle zone said that the bulk of the

survivors of Rommel’s Nazi units have been located at Bugbuq, 210 miles west of Alamein, on the escarpment at Sollum, 20 miles farther west, and at the junction of the coastal road and Halfaya (Hellfire) pass on the frontier.

Allies May Smash From French Africa Reports persisted in Turkey that an allied force, in‘cluding United States units, may advance northward from French Equatorial Africa to smash at Rommel’s rear lines.

~The-axis forces-in-the- frontier zone were under terrific... |

air * bombardment which started last night. Many direct hits were scored on Rommel’s motor transport upon which he is dependent for making any further withdrawal. Ten big fires were started in the encampment zone at i Bugbuq, eight at Halfaya and two on the Sollum escarpment. Today’s communique of British Middle East headquar-

(ters said the allied forces, pursuing the routed enemy across

the Egyptian desert at a rate of 40 miles a day, had captured 350 tanks, 400 guns and thousands of vehicles in addition to the 20,000 prisoners already taken. In the southern sector, five Italian divisions had. heen isolated, their retreat cut off leaving them without gasoline, by the Germans, every man of whom was trying to save his own skin. These units were the Folgore, Brescia, Trento, Bologna and Trieste divisions of the Italian army. Their German colleagues were leading the race toward Halfaya (Hellfire) pass on the Libyan border. Cease All Resistance, Wait for Capture

They had already ceased resistance and were waiting to be taken prisoner by the British, whose rapid advance had carried them well beyond the Italian positions.

Front dispatches indicated that Lieut. Gen. Bernard

L. Montgomery's British eighth army had swept at least 105 miles from Alamein, where the “allies broke through the enemy’s mine fields only three days ago. (Berlin radio pointed out that Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, commander of the axis North African armies, might have been taken prisoner. There were no allied reports substantiating this German speculation which suggested that Germany was uncertain of his whereabouts.) Radio Berlin concluded a long review of the Egyptian situation with the remark: “It is emphasized, however, that the characteristic and noteworthy fighting methods of the German military leader-

ship in Africa involve also the possibility of Gen. Rommel ( Continued on Page Two) 8 ” »

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MANY ITALIAN PRISONERS TAKEN); i °

Routed Nazi forces have abandoned their Italian comrades and left much » august Italians claimed that a battle was in progress east of Matrub, 1 ‘ been

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